After Lux made a start, Jarvan IV confidently launched a righteous criticism of the nobles.
After being captured, Jarvan IV was taken by Lux to watch many public trials of nobles. After seeing the crazy money-making methods of local lords and nobles, he could no longer suppress his dissatisfaction with the nobles——
In his opinion, if it weren't for you, a group of insects desperately holding back the empire, how could Demacia be like this?
Although Jarvan IV would not be naive enough to think that Lux showed these things to him to express his "rebellion to maintain fairness and justice in Demacia", after witnessing such an impactful accusation, he still felt that
It's hard to calm down.
The citizens of Xiongdu who were watching were all shocked.
Is there any drama like this?
His Majesty the Emperor personally accused the nobles and gentlemen of being a bunch of bastards?
Good guy, this is really an eye-opener!
You must know that in the past, even when the conflicts between the royal family and the noble council were at their most intense, the two sides would always maintain some semblance of harmony - not because the two sides had a principle of not breaking through the fight, but because the nobles wanted to be decent.
, the royal family also needs to be decent.
In front of common people, you have to maintain your noble image. This is a nobleman and part of the royal family's responsibilities.
But now, this part of the responsibility has been abandoned by Jarvan IV. The royal family is finished, and now he doesn't need to care so much.
At this moment, Jarvan IV seems to have a bit of the style of the one on the crooked-necked tree - I am not the king of a subjugated country, but all of my subjects are ministers of a subjugated country!
Of course, Jarvan IV is qualified to say this. At least in his own opinion, he has done everything the monarch of Demacia should do, but the result is that the people's livelihood of the empire is in decline. What causes the people's livelihood to be in such decline is that many lords have nothing to do with it.
Bottom line exploitation.
Sometimes, Jarvan IV would even think of Swain's appearance before his death in Tobitsia.
The despair and relief after being betrayed.
It is difficult to describe what kind of mental journey Jarvan IV went through after surrendering. On the one hand, he blamed himself for mistaking the Titans and the extraordinary power; at the same time, he was angry at the betrayal and constraints of those around him. Now,
You can still stand here with your head held high, which is already strong enough.
Regarding Jarvan IV's accusation, Lux just followed his words and played the role of flattering - she did a good job of flattering, more and more people were watching, and the expressions of the nobles in the dock became worse and worse.
In this way, Jarvan IV started from Lanfu and Zwei, and talked about the secret plans of the people he had high hopes for, and quietly accumulated strength.
Then he talked about the overt and covert behavior of the noble council and the lords of various places, and how they unscrupulously created names and exploited wantonly after setting the highest tax rate with Demacia in mind.
Finally, Jarvan IV ended his statement with a series of impassioned rhetorical questions.
"When the nobles are disqualified and lose their honor, shouldn't I take thunderous measures and use a powerful army to solve the stubborn problem?"
"If my choice is wrong, then you, Laxana, by raising an army from the north, conquering cities and territories and judging the nobles along the way, wouldn't it be adding more mistakes to each other?"
"As the emperor of Demacia, I should indeed be responsible for the current bad situation, but my mistake does not lie in the heavy military policy, but in my failure to see clearly the nature of many people who work hard and violate the law!"
"Now that you are the winner, you can let me stand in the dock and accept your questioning and trial. You can condemn me or even laugh at me, and give me all the pity and disdain you want as a winner. , but you have no right to question my love for Demacia, and you have no right to question my efforts as the leader of this country!"
Jarvan IV was righteous and upright.
Many nobles and noble representatives were silent.
Faced with Jarvan IV's final statement, Lux just nodded slightly, waited for the clerk beside her to record everything, and then picked up a document that had been prepared long ago.
"Thank you for your frankness and directness." She spread out the document and nodded slightly to Jarvan IV, "However, after you make this statement, I must provide you with the necessary data. "
Jarvan IV frowned. He didn't know what tricks Lux was up to.
"However, before that, I need to confirm one thing first. You participated in most of the public trials of the old nobles." Amidst Jarvan IV's confusion, she first asked the question, "During the public trial, you have Separate questioning session, then, as a bystander, do you agree with the result of the public trial?"
"I think those bugs should be punished, but not in this way."
"So, do you agree with the series of evidence provided in the public trial, including the specific land deeds, IOUs and other paper certificates, as well as the plaintiff's complaint, the witness's testimony and the defendant's confession?"
"Generally... approved."
Although he felt something was not right in his heart, Jarvan IV finally nodded solemnly - in his opinion, the public trial and sentencing of nobles was a big problem, but the facts were not problematic, and the chain of evidence could be said to be quite clear. After all, when those bastards were squeezing the place, they didn't even think about covering up.
"Since you agree with the facts of the public trial, then I will provide you with a set of data." Lux finally lowered her head and read loudly to the document word by word, "In a case where the crime was extremely heinous and the evidence was conclusive, he was sentenced Among the 514 people executed, 241 were nobles and 273 were non-nobles."
"Among the 241 nobles, 82 were new nobles who were granted territories in the Battle of Tobitsia and the Battle of Nasramei, accounting for approximately 34% of all the nobles who were hanged."
"Among the 273 non-nobles, 169 were retirees who were transferred from local private armies to troops directly under the royal family after the Battle of Tobitsia. Most of them were grassroots missionaries of the Illuminati, and 169 of them were hanged. 62% of non-aristocratic people.”
"However, among all those surveyed, new aristocrats and newly retired personnel only account for less than 20% of the total."
As she spoke, Lux put her hand on the document, and above her head, an extremely detailed projection that accurately included the names and guilt of the person appeared in mid-air.
"In other words, Jarvan IV, the way you expected to use a powerful army to innovate the nobility has actually caused greater damage. The new nobles and new retirees who left the army are more powerful than the old nobles and
The old missionaries were more greedy."
"Is this what you think is the right direction?"
The slap in the face came so fast that Jarvan IV was a little confused. He raised his head sluggishly and looked at the list projected by Lux. He squinted and compared the names on it, trying to mobilize himself.
Dusty memories.
However, the more he recalled carefully, the more unbelievable he became.
Because Jarvan IV could clearly remember the names and origins of many soldiers, and most of the people who could be awarded new nobles and retired as Illuminati missionaries were military elites, he was shocked to find that it seemed that Lacus had nothing to say at all.
question.
Even he himself did not realize that in those trials one after another, a large number of those who were hanged in a disgraceful manner, but who had indeed betrayed the glory of the nobility, were the ones for whom he had placed high hopes.
of... the new aristocracy.
At this moment, Jarvan IV felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
Lux put this in front of him and told him with facts, what you have done has not made Demacia a better place; your efforts to centralize power have only brought a heavier burden to the civilians of the empire.
disaster; the new aristocrats and retired soldiers you expect are no different from the old aristocrats at all, and they are not even as shameful as the old aristocrats.
Jarvan IV didn't want to believe this fact, but he couldn't deceive himself. Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar names on the list, Jarvan IV's straight figure finally stooped slightly.
Even when his body was taken away by the Twilight Stars, Jarvan IV had never been as depressed as he is now - being tricked and completely denied by others, obviously the latter is the more real harm.
Jarvan IV has somewhat lost his confidence.
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Contrary to Jarvan IV, when Lux listed these data, many nobles at the referee's seat who had been severely scolded by Jarvan IV breathed a sigh of relief.
Look, this is all Jarvan IV's fooling around!
Yes, there are many black sheep among the ranks of local lords, but compared to the bastards newly created by Jarvan IV, they are a minority!
In the past 800 years, Demacia has not seen a rebellion of this scale. If this situation occurs now, it must be that Jarvan IV's behavior of indiscriminately seizing power has caused a bad impact!
If you want to restore stability to Demacia, you still have to restore higher aristocratic autonomy. The stability of Demacia over the past eight hundred years has fully proved this point.
If there were some nobles who felt a little guilty about Jarvan IV before, then after Jarvan IV's accusation just now, they no longer have any burden to backstab His Majesty the Emperor.
Moreover, from the list provided by Lacus, they also understood that although Lady Laxana was no longer willing to maintain the dignity of a noble for some reasons, she still retained the dignity of a noble and she should not bother to clean up the charges.
of.
In this case...
Does that mean that as long as you have not committed any crime, the result of this trial will be to pick it up high and put it down gently?
Is it enough to lose money and avoid disaster by transferring power?
Although I was still a little confused as to why I had been left hanging for so long, after Jarvan IV withered away, all the nobles in the Council of Nobles trembled.
Too.
If there are no nobles, who can help her rule the huge Demacia?
Jarvan IV's attitude had been like that before. He didn't need to grit his teeth and cooperate. At most, he could just try to mix it with the sand!
And as long as there is a chance to cooperate, then everyone can make a comeback. After all, the ones who can maintain the order of the entire huge empire are not those with weak legs!
Unfortunately, just as Jarvan IV would subconsciously ignore that the new nobles he promoted quickly were the harshest insects, the relieved nobles did not realize that Lux could judge the nobles so smoothly.
Given the data, what kind of reliable team will she have under her command?
In other words, for the nobles, they have no way to understand the group of clerks - civilians must establish military merits to become nobles and gain power. This is the ideological stamp in their brains!
They don't understand, and they don't want to believe that even a commoner who can't read a few characters can complete many jobs that in the past could only be done by a noble aristocrat after attending night school literacy and assault training.
The power structure of Demacia, which was born with the birth of the kingdom and formed with the development of the kingdom, is still essentially the elite-led system of Demacia's ancestors. The huge Demacia has been split into countless territories, managed by countless elites.
The nobles took the lead, and their power and territory were completely bound.
Although the royal family has the requirements of the royal family and the nobles have the dignity of the nobles, in Demacia, the concept of responsibility has never been clearly stated - even in the past, there were kings like Sentu who dedicated their lives to the kingdom, including Jarvan I
Such leaders died on the battlefield, but the reasons that supported their actions were not specific responsibilities, but glory that was not clear enough.
The glory pursued by Demacia's rulers is the only constraint on the expansion of power in their hands.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The nobles did not understand that Lux's new Demacia pursues the principle of equality of power and responsibility, and more concrete justice, which is difficult to achieve.
But at least the direction is clear enough.
The nobles who were completely unaware that Lux was going to sweep them into the garbage heap of history in the next step faced Lux's subsequent questioning, and they all conducted superficial self-reflections in a painless way.
In their mouths, they worked hard to consider Demacia. Their character was flawless and their glory was flawless. It was all Jarvan IV who was messing around. Thanks to the noble paragon who went south to preside over the situation and put things right.
It has to be said that rhetoric is a science. Although most nobles express a deferential attitude, under their modification, this does not sound like flattery at all, but a well-founded argument.
Facing the compliments from the nobles, Lux's lips couldn't help but turn up slightly.
Yes, that's it.
Be sure to say that there is nothing wrong with you.
What I want is for you to say that there is nothing wrong with you!
If you weren't all pure and pure, if you weren't all white lotuses, how could I argue that there is something wrong with Demacia's current system?
Of course, this part cannot be said directly, and a little guidance is needed.
Under the expectant gazes of many nobles, Lux produced a large amount of evidence against the demon-seekers - these blue-robed hyenas had a ridiculous amount of evidence, and the demon-seekers themselves were not clean. In addition, they were still
LeBlanc and Vladimir are in control, and there are a lot of black materials.
Therefore, even though the Demon Seeker Legion later surrendered, they were not treated like other legions and were directly thrown into the mines.
After taking out the evidence of the Demon Seeker Legion's crimes, Lux began to ask the nobles for the authenticity of these evidences.
Facing Lux's request for confirmation, except for a few honest fools who said they didn't know, everyone else said that "the blue-robed hyena has long caused a lot of dissatisfaction" and "the demon searchers have caused public resentment everywhere."
In this way, they all looked like they wanted to nail the demon seeker to the pillar of shame.
In their understanding, this should be a deal. Everyone will throw the blame to the demon seekers and the demon ban system, and then wait until Lux abolishes the demon ban system. Before, Jarvan IV was placed in various places and had
The demon-seeking army with special law enforcement powers was completely abolished.
Lux ended the ban on demons, and everyone avoided special law enforcers in their respective fiefdoms, a win-win situation.
As for whether lifting the ban on magic will lead to the proliferation of magic and danger...
It's not something they should worry about, at least not yet.
Although the trial was still going on solemnly, and Lux was still providing evidence one after another, the atmosphere at the scene gradually began to develop in the direction of political consultation.
The lost Jarvan IV became even more sluggish. Could it be that Laxana couldn't see the thoughts of these nobles? Did she really want to reach a tacit agreement with them and let these insects go?
For some reason, Jarvan IV was even a little disappointed at this moment.
However, how could Lux compromise?
Everything that happened before was just the long preparation she needed. When the nobles took the initiative to speak and unanimously agreed to open the door to banning demons, she finally showed a satisfied smile.
Soon, a fresh "Declaration of Lifting the Ban on Demons" was sent to all the nobles.
The main content of the declaration is simply the theory put forward by the nobles to lift the ban on demons.
Then, after all the nobles signed their names, Lux finally came to the conclusion.
Without warning, she targeted the aristocratic system that had existed in Demacia since its founding and issued a declaration to abolish the aristocracy!
Many nobles who were proud of selling the Demon Searchers a moment ago were completely dumbfounded at this moment.
Wait, we are not the notorious demon seekers, we are all law-abiding nobles, not the same thing as the local bastards!
We are not guilty!
However, what they never expected was that in the face of everyone's excuses, Lux nodded very seriously, confirming that they were not guilty under the current law.
"In your opinion, the demon-banning system that was once the national policy of Demacia is no longer in line with the current situation in Demacia. The perverse behavior of the demon-seeking army and the unprovoked persecution of demon-contaminated people are the best evidence."
"So, in today's Demacia, even if most of the nobles abide by the etiquette of the nobles, the wanton oppression of local lords still makes the livelihood of the common people difficult. Doesn't it also mean that the current aristocratic system is no longer in line with morality?